I saw one of the "Surviving the Cut" programs or something similar recently where they used chickens & rabbits. There was a disclaimer that said the practice was now banned since that was filmed.

It must have JUST been banned. That episode was filmed fairly recently. I watched it when it came out and that disclaimer wasn't there.

TANKER - That dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright-eyed, fuzzie-faced,
haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid,
oversexed, little shit, who can take a tank and do more battlefield damage in
ten minutes than a Grunt squad can do all day.

I'm not sure which one I saw. It might not have been "Surviving the Cut". They've been talking about doing away with the practice as long as I can remember.

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I'm not sure which one I saw. It might not have been "Surviving the Cut". They've been talking about doing away with the practice as long as I can remember.

It showed them boiling a chicken or rabbit with some other vegetables. Then they released 40 or so animals and the students had to catch them, kill them, cook them.

TANKER - That dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright-eyed, fuzzie-faced,
haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid,
oversexed, little shit, who can take a tank and do more battlefield damage in
ten minutes than a Grunt squad can do all day.

Awesome article! I too wish that they would address more of the families and caretakers of the ones who have PTSD and have fallen. Also, wish that we could get a little help for the family members who themselves have suffered PTSD while our soldiers were gone. It may do alot of good for everyone involved!